Table 2.

Sequence information of PCR gene targets

Name	Gene	Chr	Sequence
Displacement loop	MT-Dloop	mt	F: AGCACATTACAGTCAAATCCCTTCTC
			R: CACGGAGGATGGTGGTCAAG
			P: CCCCATGGATGACCCC
β-2-Microglobulin	B2M	15	F: GTGCCTGATATAGCTTGACACCAA
			R: TCGGGAAAAGACACATTAATATTGCCA
			P: CCCCAAGTGAAATACC
Mitochondrial encoded 16S RNA	MT-RNR2	mt	Proprietary sequence assay Hs02596860_s1
TATA box binding protein	TAF-1L	X	Proprietary sequence assay Hs00542346_s1

Primers and probes for MT-Dloop and B2M were custom designed and are reported. MT-RNR2 and TAF-1L were purchased as proprietary sequences from Applied Biosystems. F, forward; R, reverse; P, probe.